This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment This came up on rec.music.makers.piano -- why does the amount of pedal = travel vary so much from piano to piano? The only parts that the = pianist touches are the keys and the pedals. If there's a standard for = key dip (OK, more than one standard, but still, a range), is there a = standard for "pedal dip"? Along with that, why are keyboard heights different between uprights and = grands -- or even between different uprights and different grands? (Is = it Bechstein that specifies key height above the floor? I think there's = at least one such manufacturer.) After thinking about it, it seems that = the hammer strike point for uprights gives a desire for the action to be = higher (given the limitations of where the speaking length of C8 can = be), but it's certainly possible with stickers and drop actions to put = the keyboard anywhere it needs to be, above or below. Of course, having = owned a Porsche 914 with a goofy 87-part shift lever that went around = into the *rear* of the transmission (at the back of the car), I = understand the problems of having more parts in the way. Are stickers = such a bad solution? --Cy Shuster-- Bluefield, WV ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/7e/1c/0b/94/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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